Fraunfelder: Current Ocular Therapy 5

Frederick T. Fraunfelder, MD , Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthamology, Oregon Health Sciences University; Director, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, OR.

F. Hampton Roy, MD, FACS , Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AK.

Associate Editor: Joan Randall, Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

The new edition of this trusted clinical reference provides quick, convenient access to authoritative information on ocular diseases. More than 400 international authorities offer definitive guidance on all major eye conditions seen worldwide, as well as ocular manifestations of systemic disorders.

Coverage of individual diseases typically addresses their key elements * CPT codes (for billing purposes) * etiology * incidence * course * prognosis * diagnostic approaches * laboratory findings * differential diagnosis * prophylaxis * treatment (local and systemic, surgical and pharmacological) * complications * and unique considerations.
Clinical guidelines emphasize management methods based on the most recent clinical advances.
A new, bulleted format presents material in a rapid-access manner ideal for today's busy managed care environments.
An appendix presents an extensive, alphabetical roster of ocular pharmaceuticals.
Disease discussions are so easy to understand that they can be photocopied for use as patient education materials.

Contents:

SECTION 1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTION 2 PARASITIC DISEASES SECTION 3 NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS SECTION 4 DISORDERS OF PROTEIN METABOLISM SECTION 5 DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM SECTION 6 DISORDERS OF LIPID METABOLISM SECTION 7 OTHER METABOLIC DISEASES SECTION 8 HEMATOLOGIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS SECTION 9 DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS SECTION 10 CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS SECTION 11 SKELETAL DISORDERS SECTION 12 PHAKOMATOSESSECTION 13 NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS SECTION 14 NEOPLASMSSECTION 15 MECHANICAL AND NONMECHANICAL INJURIES SECTION 16 UNCLASSIFIED DISEASES OR CONDITIONS

SECTION 17 ANTERIOR CHAMBERSECTION 18 CHOROIDSECTION 19 CONJUNCTIVASECTION 20 CORNEASECTION 21 EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES SECTION 22 EYELIDSSECTION 23 GLOBESECTION 24 INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE SECTION 25 IRIS AND CILIARY BODY SECTION 26 LACRIMAL SYSTEM SECTION 27 LENSSECTION 28 MACULASECTION 29 OPTIC NERVE SECTION 30 ORBITSECTION 31 REFRACTIVE DISORDERS SECTION 32 RETINASECTION 33 SCLERA SECTION 34 VITREOUS